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A note to TV anchors!

By: Dr Haider Mehdi As a student and Professor of Mass Communication, Media and Politics, a fundamental factor that has been resilient in my philosophical and intellectual discovery has been the importance of human behaviour and organisational conduct in media outfits in relation to larger societal development and political progress in our time. Needless to […]


Geo TV presents special live transmission today

KARACHI: Geo TV will telecast special live transmission on the eve of Youme Farooq-e-Azam today (Friday). This transmission will be based on three hours to be started at 4 pm. Dr Aamir Liaquat Husain will illuminate the incident of Shahadat of Syedna Farooq-e-Azam (RA) and most importantly he was the protector of the seal of […]


The Television divide

By: Rafia Zakaria THE heroine of a recent telefilm Riaya faced a conundrum. Married to a less-than-successful shopkeeper nursing pretensions of piety, she could barely keep the tea and bread going. Worse than the financial constraints were the impositions of her husband, who preferred to be called ‘maulvi sahib’ by his wife, daughters and sundry […]


Have never bowed to any pressure: Malick

ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Malick, whose Dunya TV program is to go off air next week reportedly because of outside pressure, said in a tweet Friday “anchoring of principles was way more important than anchoring any show.” He made it clear he had “never bowed to any pressure before -no matter what hue – and never will.” […]


APNA Channel’s Pakistan Broadcasters Association membership terminated

KARACHI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has terminated the membership of APNA channel, according to a press release. The association revoked APNA channel’s PBA membership by a majority of 13 to one during the meeting of its board of directors held on Sunday, the press release revealed. Following the decision, APNA Channel’s representative Sarfaraz Shah […]


Talk shows imitating Jerry Springer Show

By: Tazeen Javed Reality television is a big business in the West and large audiences tune in to watch traditional reality TV — game shows, voyeuristic shows, makeover or self-improvement shows or shows on supernatural phenomena. Reality television stars make more money by tweeting about the events they have attended and products they use than […]


State television

By: Wasim Hashmi Syed It was highly frustrating to see that the state-run channel, PTV, for which we pay a fee every month through our electricity bills, chose to show live a speech delivered by Manzoor Wattoo instead of giving coverage to the youth of Pakistan who were forming the largest human flag in Lahore. […]


Stop showing suspects on TV

KARACHI: The Supreme Court took serious note of the Rangers showing the suspects it had arrested on TV as it affects the suspects as well as legal procedure. Prosecutor General Shahadat Awan informed the court that the suspects, even those involved in heinous crimes like kidnapping for ransom, were freed later on, as witnesses did […]


Geo to air special live Haj transmission today

KARACHI: As more than two million Muslims from across the world are performing Haj during chants of “I am responding to your call, Allah” and going to achieve the honour of performing the main ritual, Waqoof-e-Arafat, today, the Geo TV is airing six-hour special transmission in connection with this spiritual gathering. In the transmission starting […]


TV licence fee

By: KAMRAN IT was nonsensical from day one to collect TV licence fee with electricity bills because through this practice PTV is blindly charging every one having an electricity meter. Even if that meter is installed in a mosque, or if no TV is present in the building. The only method to avoid was to […]


Islamabad High Court allows Geo Tez to go on air

By: Faisal Kamal Pasha ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday permitted ‘Geo Tez’ to air its transmissions. IHC judge Justice Noorul Haq N Qureshi decided the civil miscellaneous (CM) petition filed by the Independent Newspapers Corporation (INC), and allowed the channel to go on air conditioned with the outcome of the matter pending […]


Noble prize recipients

By: Muhammad Asif There is much news about nominees for the Noble prizes for different field. Unfortunately, our media keeps announcing the birthdays of actors and actresses from the neighboring country, rather than who is being nominated for such laudable positions and what makes them eligible for it. The growing numbers of private TV channels, […]


Tributes to be paid to Malala in Geo live telecast

KARACHI: Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain will broadcast a live programme from Sunday at 6:00 pm on Geo News and Geo TV to condemn the brutal attack on the courageous and valiant daughter of Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, to pray for her early recovery and to pay tributes to her services for the promotion of peace and […]


AG, CNN sign agreement for Dais news channel

Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc’s CNN International and Pakistan’s Associated Group (AG) have signed a broadcast affiliate agreement for a new Pakistani news channel, Dais. The agreement will provide Dais, which will be broadcast in the Urdu language, access to a range of CNN video and newsgathering resources. The agreement also grants CNN reciprocal […]